GLADIOLUS lacuftris virginiamis &c. Vet. Gaz. 1. /. I. 

 /. ia. 



SAGITTARI.E fimilis planta &c, Mor, Utft. 3. 618. / 15. 



t. 4 . /. 8. 



PLANTAGINI aquaticae quodummodo accedens &c. Pink, 

 Man/. 152. /. 349. /, nil. 



Desc. Root perennial, fibrous; ftem herbaceous, petiolelike, 

 fubcylindrical, about the ihicknefs of one's finger, of various 

 heights, filled with fpongy pith, buoyant; petiole of lower leaf 

 fiftularly convolute, fhcathing ; blade cordately fagittate, ftriatc, 

 nerves clofe, parallel, of one fize, no midrib ; upper leaf 

 terminal, fpatheform, feflile, oblong, obtufe, cucullately con- 

 volute, with a flamed lateral fiflure, ftieathing the peduncle ; 

 which is about two inches long, thick, cylindrical, tomentofe, 

 ferruginous ; influrefcence fubfpadiccous ; racemelels fubfefnle, 

 of about five flowers, contrafted into heaped braOelcfs/ t //aV/<rj, 

 difpofed fparfely with fmall intervals .round a common axis in 

 a cylindrical fpike of about two or three inches long; corolla 

 deep blue, externally pubefcent, afcendent, funnelform-bila- 

 biate, divifible to the bafe into halves ; narrowed down- 

 wards into an hexagonal curved purplifh tube about half the 

 length of the limb; which is bilabiate and fexpartite; each lip 

 of three fegmenls, thofe of the upper divided only to about the 

 middle, broader, their middlcmoft twice the broadeft, ovate^ 

 obtufe, having on the inner fide a fmall round convex pro- 

 tuberance, lateral ones lanceolate; thofe of the lower lip equal, 

 oval lanceolate, diverging further afunder, propendent, eafily 

 parted into ungues down to the bafe of the corolla ; filam. 

 filiform, pubefcent, in two ranks; three upper ones thrice fhorter 

 than the others, afcendent, adnate to the lower part of the 

 tube, middle fhorteft, lefs adnate ; three lower ones decurrently 

 adnate the whole length of the tube, equal to the corolla, af- 

 furgent, recumbent on the lower lip ; anthers fmall, oblong,, 

 incumbent ; germ, fuperior, reddifb, fmall, pyramidal-ovate j 

 Jlyle continuous, twice fhorter than corolla, thicker than fila- 

 ments,, afiurgent, flexuofe, ending in an obtufe glandularly 

 pubefcent ftigmatofe point. 



Native of various parts of North-America ; growing in 

 ditches and the fhallow parts of other waters in the manner 

 of our common Arrow-head. The drawing was made at Mr. 

 Vtrf's, where it grew luxuriantly in the pond in his 

 garden. Blooms in July and Auguft ; hardy ; has no fcent. 

 The Hem is partly under water, but the leaves are out of it, 

 and do not float on the furface. G. 



